When is it appropriate to discharge to 'somewhere else'?

This can be selected if the patient is discharged from the care pathway to a place which is neither a care home nor the patient's home (e.g. to a relative's home). 'Somewhere else' can also be selected if the patient has left the stroke care pathway entirely.

If a patient leaves the stroke pathway only to return a short time later to the same team, for example for neurosurgery, then the record can be left open and the record completed as normal. The SSNAP helpdesk can be contacted for advice on how to deal with pathway queries and how best to capture these in SSNAP.